One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash west of Calgary on Sunday.
Cochrane RCMP said the victims were among a group of people who get together once in a while for a casual motorcycle drive.
The group left Calgary on Sunday morning and began travelling through the Kananaskis area, which is where the crash occurred.
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RCMP said two riders lost control and entered the ditch while travelling north on Highway 40, about 13 kilometres north of Highway 541.
Paramedics pronounced a 47-year-old Calgary man dead at the scene.
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The second man involved in the crash, a 40-year-old from Calgary, was air-lifted to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance with serious injuries.
The crash caused a section of Highway 40 to shut down while RCMP investigated.
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